[ There are times when Alayne wishes that Robb would cast off his mantle of honor, that he were less his father's son — if only for the sake of his own heart. It speaks volumes, perhaps, to the ways in which she has changed. Practicality and survival make for terrible, if effective, teachers. ]

Time has been unkind to us all, and has taken us to different places in our hearts. These are things not easily undone. And these are things you did not do.